Shipping Restrictions: Shipping not available to California, Oregon & Washington Slow-Growing Ground Cover: Japanese Garden Juniper is a slow-growing coniferous shrub with trailing branches that makes an excellent ground cover for your landscape Distinctive Foliage: Features spiny aromatic needle-like foliage in blue-green to grey-green colors that earns purplish hues during winter months Low Maintenance Plant: Requires minimal care once established, drought tolerant, and thrives best when planted in full sun and well-drained soils Compact Dimensions: Grows to a height of 0.5 to 1 foot with a spread of 5 to 6 feet, suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 4 through 9

Japanese Garden Juniper is a slow-growing coniferousshrub with trailing branches that makes an excellent ground cover. The spiny aromatic needle-like foliage is blue-green to grey-green and earns purplish hues in winter. Best planted infull sunand well-drained soils. Drought Tolerant once established. The cones often do not produce on this cultivar.

Type:

Shrub

Origins:

Southern Japan and Korea

Height:

0.5' - 1'

Spread:

5' - 6'

Spacing:

5'

USDA Hardiness Zone:

4 - 9

Culture:

Full Sun

Bloom Color:

N/A

Season of Interest:

Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Junipers are generally susceptible to blights, especially in unusually wet weather. Rust and canker may occur, though it is not serious. Potential pests include aphids, bagworms, webworms, and scale.

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings,Borders, Rock Gardens,Naturalized Areas,Hedges, Groundcover, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:Clematis, Ninebark, Russian Sage

IMAGE:SEWilco, Juniperus procumbens nana MN 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.